Synopsis "The Trunk to Razzmatazz"
MAGIC AIN'T FOR WIMPS! BOOK ONE-THE TRUNK TO RAZZMATAZZ: Oliver lives with his grandparents in Brooklyn. He never knew his parents but life is good for the shaggy haired 11-year-old. He's passing in school and has a best friend, Pamela, a skinny redheaded girl with luminous green eyes. Oliver takes music lessons with four little old ladies who live next door in the old Victorian house. The teachers, Miss Fitchett, Miss Appley, Miss Maffit and Miss Pennyfeather, are Pamela's aunts. The neighbors think the old ladies are peculiar. They claim to have an imaginary companion - Mr. Ogilby. On a fateful Halloween night, Mr. Ogilby, a ruthless wizard, regains his powers and materializes. A magical spell connects Ogilby and Pamela causing Pamela to revert to her natural form, a cat. Her aunts were keeping this vital secret from Pamela. Ogilby is hell-bent on gaining immortality and needs Pamela as his familiar. Ogilby kidnaps Pamela taking her, via the trunk in the belfry, to Razzmatazz. Razz is a world of wizards and witches, magical creatures, and rockin' 1950's sci-fi. Razz is a wondrous world but also a world filled with danger as Oliver and Pamela soon discover. /What Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Expert Reviewers said about Bats in the Belfry! "This work of children's literature was very visually appealing and quirky. The author created a magical, alternative universe that looks like Pleasantville but is home to mythical creatures like dragons and trolls." * "Well-written and has an interesting concept of parallel worlds going for it. As long as there is a market for fantasy stories, this kind of book will probably be popular. " * "I enjoyed the way the witches referred to the mundane, human world as "the humbug world" and found all of the witches to be humorous and entertaining. They reminded me of my grandmother and her friends, meddling in everyone else's business and being silly." * "The strongest aspect of the story would definitely be the author's ease at creating and delivering an entirely familiar, yet utterly unique and vivid world that mimics the 1950's and is home to witches and all sorts of fun, magical odds and ends." * "Boys and girls will really like this story since they will have Oliver and Pamela to travel with and Dennis the emerald colored dragon will surely entice them. Whoever imagined a fire breathing dragon that acted like a puppy dog?! I thought that was very fun and entertaining. Definitely would recommend to my friends who have young kids that enjoy magic."
